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US5742150A
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Power supply and method of protecting batteries therein
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1996-09-16
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Granted: 1998-04-21
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Expires: 2016-09-16
Abstract
Abstract Batteries in a battery string are provided with shunt circuits that shunt current about a battery when it is charged to an upper charge limit or discharged to a lower charge limit. The shunt circuits include an inductor and a switching network.
Inventors
- 👤 Thakoengdet Khuwatsamrit
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 08:34
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M10/00; H01M10/42; H01M10/44; H01M10/441; H02; H02J; H02J7/00; H02J7/50; H02J7/52; H02J7/54; H02J7/60; H02J7/61; H02J7/63; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
61 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit and shunt circuit means for shunting current about a battery in said series circuit in response to said battery being charged to a preselected upper charge limit; a sump battery connected in series circuit with said plurality of batteries series circuit; and a load connected across said sump battery.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
61 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit and shunt circuit means for shunting current about a battery in said series circuit in response to said battery being charged to a preselected upper charge limit; a sump battery connected in series circuit with said plurality of batteries series circuit; and a load connected across said sump battery.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit and shunt circuit means for shunting current about a battery being discharged to a preselected lower charge discharge limit; a sump battery connected in series circuit with said plurality of batteries series circuit; and a load connected across said sump battery.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit and shunt circuit means for shunting current about a battery being discharged to a preselected lower charge discharge limit; a sump battery connected in series circuit with said plurality of batteries series circuit; and a load connected across said sump battery.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
72 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit, energy transfer circuit means for transferring energy from one of said batteries to another of said batteries in response to said one battery being charged to a preselected upper charge limit, a sump battery connected to said series circuit, and means for regulating the voltage across said sump battery as to remove excess charging energy from the said series circuit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
72 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit, energy transfer circuit means for transferring energy from one of said batteries to another of said batteries in response to said one battery being charged to a preselected upper charge limit, a sump battery connected to said series circuit, and means for regulating the voltage across said sump battery as to remove excess charging energy from the said series circuit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
78 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit and energy transfer circuit means for transferring energy from one of said batteries to another of said batteries in response to said one battery being charged to a preselected upper charge limit, and wherein said energy transfer circuit means comprises an inductor and means for coupling said inductor with said one battery in response to said one battery being charged to said preselected upper charge limit.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
78 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit and energy transfer circuit means for transferring energy from one of said batteries to another of said batteries in response to said one battery being charged to a preselected upper charge limit, and wherein said energy transfer circuit means comprises an inductor and means for coupling said inductor with said one battery in response to said one battery being charged to said preselected upper charge limit.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
72 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit, energy transfer circuit means for transferring energy from one of said batteries to another of said batteries in response to said other battery being discharged to a preselected lower discharge limit, a sump battery connected to said series circuit, and means for regulating the voltage across said sump battery so as to supply additional energy to the said series circuit.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
72 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit, energy transfer circuit means for transferring energy from one of said batteries to another of said batteries in response to said other battery being discharged to a preselected lower discharge limit, a sump battery connected to said series circuit, and means for regulating the voltage across said sump battery so as to supply additional energy to the said series circuit.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
76 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit, energy transfer circuit means for transferring energy from one of said batteries to another of said batteries in response to said other battery being discharged to a preselected lower discharge limit, and wherein said energy transfer circuit means comprises an inductor and means for coupling said inductor across another battery in response to said another battery being discharged to said preselected lower discharge level.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
76 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit, energy transfer circuit means for transferring energy from one of said batteries to another of said batteries in response to said other battery being discharged to a preselected lower discharge limit, and wherein said energy transfer circuit means comprises an inductor and means for coupling said inductor across another battery in response to said another battery being discharged to said preselected lower discharge level.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
86 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit and energy transfer circuit means for transferring energy between two batteries in said series circuit in response to either of the said adjacent batteries being charged to a preselected upper charge limit, and with said energy transfer circuit means comprising an inductor coupled across said two batteries by switch means and means for activating said switch means in response to either of the said two batteries being charged to said preselected upper charge limit.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
86 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit and energy transfer circuit means for transferring energy between two batteries in said series circuit in response to either of the said adjacent batteries being charged to a preselected upper charge limit, and with said energy transfer circuit means comprising an inductor coupled across said two batteries by switch means and means for activating said switch means in response to either of the said two batteries being charged to said preselected upper charge limit.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
85 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit and energy transfer circuit means for transferring energy between two batteries in said series circuity in response to either of the said adjacent batteries being discharged to a preselected lower discharge limit, and with said energy transfer circuity means comprising an inductor coupled across said two batteries by switch means and means for activating said switch means in response to either of said two batteries being discharged to said preselected lower discharge limit.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
85 words
A power supply comprising a plurality of batteries connected in series circuit and energy transfer circuit means for transferring energy between two batteries in said series circuity in response to either of the said adjacent batteries being discharged to a preselected lower discharge limit, and with said energy transfer circuity means comprising an inductor coupled across said two batteries by switch means and means for activating said switch means in response to either of said two batteries being discharged to said preselected lower discharge limit.
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